Improvement in two-way rain-water conductors



nttd ,glatte aient Gtjjiie.

" FRANCIS M. BUCKLES, OFALTONA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR ATO IIIM- SELF AND JOHN A. S'IUCKEY, OF SAME PLACE.

I' Letters Patent No. 92,155, dated 'July 6, 1869. v

Iltue Schedule referredvto in these Letters Patent and making part of the sama.

To all whom it may concern :l

Be it known that I, FRANCIS M. BUoKLs, of Altona, in the county oi' Knox, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water- Feeders and Gut-Os; and I do hereby declare that the followingr isa full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a portion of this specilication, in which- Figurc lis a perspective view of the device, attached to a building.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. f

The nature of this invention relates to improvements in water-feeders and cut-olis for cisterns; and

`The invention consists in combining a curved joint in such a manner with an ordinary water-spout', as to admit of' connecting or adjusting it easily, to either the spout leading into the cistern, or the one leading olfronr it.

lTo enableothers to understand the construction and operation of my invention, 1 will proceed to describe it with reference to the drawings.

A represents a section of a house or other` building.

B represents an ordinary cylindrical spout, attached by the clamps, P, to the building, and may be connected with the gutter at the upper end.

B" represents an elbow or joint ot' the spout B, to

- which is attached another joint, B, in the direction,

again, ofthe main spout B.

C represents the movable joint, with a joint, C, at the upper end, parallel with and fitting over the spout l, /at' its lower end, fitting into the The joint B may communicate with the cistern or other receptacle for thewater.

J represents a joint, also attached `to the buildingI bythe clamps P, and having a joint, J, attached as an elbow, and which may connect with spout or trough, or lany other meansi'or leading the water olf.

The dotted lines K show the position of the movable joint O, when placed to lead the water ot', and the position of the joint C, in the drawing, is for leading the. water into the cistern.

What I claim as new, `-and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-.

The movable joint C C" 0', with collars H and D, when combined and operating with the joint B, the elbows B B" B and J J, for changing the direction -of the discharge from eaves, substantially as described,

and for' the purpose set forth.

.Signed at Altona, Iilinois, this 24th day of J anuary, 1860.

Witnesses: FRANCIS M. BUCKLES.

12R. RICHARDS, J'. B. MARSH. 

